The Piano Sonata in E-flat major D 568 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano. It is a revision and completion of the Sonata in D-flat major D 568. The D-flat major version was composed in June 1817, while the E-flat major revision and completion, published in 1829 after Schubert's death as Op. posth. 122, dates from sometime around 1826.[1]

Movements

I. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

II. Andante molto

G minor

III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

E-flat major

IV. Allegro moderato

E-flat major

This sonata is a transposition and elaboration of the Piano Sonata in D-flat, D. 567.[2]

Daniel Coren summarized the nature of the recapitulation in the first movement of this sonata as "syncopated primary material".[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Henle, p. 6
  2. ^ Gibbs p. 156
  3. ^ Coren, Daniel (1974). "Ambiguity in Schubert's Recapitulations". The Musical Quarterly. LX (4): 568–582. doi:10.1093/mq/LX.4.568.

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Piano sonatas (2 hands) by Franz Schubert Preceded bySonata in A minor (D. 537) AGA, Series 10 (15 sonatas) No. 7 Succeeded bySonata in A minor (D. 784) Preceded bySonata in D-flat major (D. 568) 21 Sonatas numbering system No. 7 (v. 2) Succeeded bySonata in F-sharp minor (D. 571) Wiener Urtext Edition (21 Sonatas) No. 8 23 Sonatas numbering system No. 9
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